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Bitcoin is the king of cryptocurrency, and its founder is thought to be a mysterious figure who goes by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. Ether is the second-biggest cryptocurrency, but less mystery surrounds its founder: Meet 28-year-old Vitalik Buterin, subject of a lengthy, fascinating interview and profile at Time. He was born outside Moscow, though his computer-scientist parents moved the family to Toronto when Buterin was a young boy. Buterin’s net worth is at least $800 million, based on public records on the blockchain, but Buterin seems authentically uninterested in riches, according to the story by Andrew R. Chow. In fact, Buterin hardly fits the image of a financial titan. “He sniffles and stutters through his sentences, walks stiffly, and struggles to…
